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Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)

Hi,

John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.

I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.

With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.

I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.

If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.

I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.

I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.

Thank you
Darragh Sherwin

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03 Sep 2011 17:56 #1 by duzzy1 (Martin Kennedy)
Hi guys n gals , quick question ....
I have a stand under my juwel 120 ltr that was originally meant for a 180 ltr ......... wot would the biggest tank you would put on this stand be ???

catch my drift ???

Cheers

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04 Sep 2011 10:15 #2 by Damien Conway (Damien Conway)
I wouldn't chance putting anything bigger than the recommended 180l on it. You could probably doctor it and add a few supports but it might not be as easy on the eye then. Your best bet would be to buy or build a sta
nd to suit your requirements.

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04 Sep 2011 14:14 #3 by duzzy1 (Martin Kennedy)
not even 200 litres on a 180 stand ??

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04 Sep 2011 22:27 #4 by duzzy1 (Martin Kennedy)
if the footprint of the tank is the same as the top of the stand i mean ??

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04 Sep 2011 22:51 #5 by christyg (Chris Geraghty)

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04 Sep 2011 23:04 #6 by sheag35 (Seamus Gillespie)
think you could get away with it if the footprint is the same, as some people will have a 180 with loads of rock and deep substrate which adds a lot of weight so i reckon you could manage it but dont go over loading the decor and substrate

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currently 25 tanks, and breeding is the aim of everything i keep
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07 Sep 2011 21:30 #7 by duzzy1 (Martin Kennedy)
ok so here's the next question ... just started resealing the tank and have all the old seams cut out ..... now the videos i have seen online which show how to do this , say to clean the joints , use acetone or i have even been told that white spirit will also do the trick . would these 2 substances not be harmful to the fish .... or will traces of them dissappear in time ??

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07 Sep 2011 21:54 #8 by murph (Tony Murphy)
Not sure about white spirit and residues, but acetone will evaporate to nothing pretty quickly. (Ventilation is good when using it! And NO smoking!!!!!). If the acetone has dissolved the silicone, wash the gunk off with water, do not just let it dry, or you will get streaks etc on the glass.

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14 Sep 2011 19:32 #9 by duzzy1 (Martin Kennedy)
And finally the next question ...... have just filled a 200 ltr tank tonight , which i resealed last friday . The tank is out in the back garden , well covered and well insulated .... on a flat and secure surface ... wot i need to know is ... how long would you guys recommend to leave it filled for the purpose of a leak test ???

cheers in advance guys n gals

Martin

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14 Sep 2011 21:04 #10 by Zoom (Zoom)
I usually just water test the tank over night you will know very quickly if its going to leak.

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14 Sep 2011 21:54 #11 by duzzy1 (Martin Kennedy)

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15 Sep 2011 17:53 #12 by duzzy1 (Martin Kennedy)
the leak test worked no problem so tomorrow is the day for the entire tank to be drained and swapped over . I don't have many bags to keep the fish in so was wondering what you guys would think about housing the fish in a polybox filled with original tank water until i have the new tank filled ( with as much of the present tank water as possible ) until i have the new tank filled and up to temperature .

Only have one day off work tomorrow in which to complete the swap of tanks . My thinking is that the polybox would hold the water temperature better than if i just put the fish in a bucket of water .

What would everyone think of this ??

Cheers in advance

Martin

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